About five years ago, Blair Smith’s twice-a-day coffee pitstop at NYC’s Kaffe 1668 led to him striking up a friendship with barista Justin Rodriguez behind the counter. Smith then met mobile developer Aaron Sutula in a coffee seminar held by an espresso machine company. “I took a day off of work to go,” remembers Sutula. “And Blair was the only other person who also took …
Danielle Baskin first popped up on our radar as the artist who was painting the easily recognizable (and for those from the Northwest, iconic) PDX airport carpet patterns onto bike helmets. Evidently, she paints a lot more than that (though these are going to become a hot commodity once the airport replaces the carpet this winter). Baskin designs and paints landscapes, video game throwbacks, educational …
It’s a difficult task to really stand out in the bustling, globalized metropolis that is China’s capital city of Beijing. And—trivial as it may seem—it’s no different with pizza. For years, chains like Pizza Hut and Domino’s have only multiplied within the city, but the story of Gung Ho!—one of the most well-known pizza shops and delivery services in Beijing—is truly something extraordinary, and that …
